Cyanotype Galleries: Plastic Hauntings
Constellations
Nurdles are small plastic beads. They are produced by industry, then sold to companies who melt them down and create plastic products found in computers, cameras, clothing fibers, single-use bottles… Chances are that the plastic products you own started out as plastic beads. Nurdles invade rivers and oceans as pollution, when carelessly released into the environment through shipping container spills and negligent transport. The cyanotypes in this series are shadows of nurdles that resemble the cosmos. Constellations becomes a metaphor: Like the stars in the universe are infinite, seemingly small to our eyes, and vast, so are the countless nurdles released into riverine and ocean environments. They lurk in beach sediments, often unnoticed. (Please visit the Awards page for more information--Thanks!)
Echoes
This series of cyanotypes represents our globally inescapable synthetic based life. Although the cyanotypes were made of 100% cotton cloth, the message becomes unfathomably clear: No matter how environmentally conscious we are when choosing "natural” products, plastic echoes haunt us.
Shadows
Cyanotype shadows of trash-plastic are a metaphor for plastic that never goes away. Unless we are in complete darkness, we throw shadows. Indeed, everything does. We are not usually aware of the shadows that are nearly always with us. Although we use plastic and then throw it away, or recycle it, like our shadows, the plastic remains…
Constellations, 2023
Echoes, 2023.
Shadows, 2o23.
Wall Weavings & Quilts: Farm Installation 2023
